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Linux
is flexible and stable, and though not the perfect platform
for audio, is widely supported by freelance programmers and
hackers who have provided a number of options for Linux users
who wish to have access to MP3. Since the Linux program is mostly
command-line based, so are many of the most successful players,
though GUI front-ends exist for many. If you are using or experimenting
with Linux, these MP3 players will be just your cup of tea.
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PLAYERS/JUKEBOXES
These allow users of Windows to play MP3 files on their
computer as well as ripping and encoding them. Musicmatch, RealOne
Player, and Windows Media Player will also allow you to burn
your music to CD.
- Recommended! Musicmatch
Jukebox A real workhorse program
that will play, rip, burn, and organize all your MP3s and other
audio files. Works well with almost any software and supports
lots of file formats. Upgrade for $29.99 (lifetime) to get faster
recording and CD burning, custom printing features, enhanced
MP3 equalizer, money-back guarantee
- Recommended!
Windows Media Player Microsoft's
Windows Media Player has come a long way since its initial introduction.
It needs additional software, such as Intervideo
MP3 or DVD in order to encode MP3s from CD or play DVDs,
otherwise files are saved s WMA files.
- Recommended!WinAmp
The one, the only, the original. WinAmp has been
around longer than any of these players, so it has the most
users, the most skins, and is still one of the best. And it's
free.
- RealOne
Player (formerly Real Player) Formerly
two seperate programs, Real Player and Real Jukebox, now combined
into one powerhouse application. Saves files as RA (Real Audio)
or MP3.
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RIPPERS
These convert CDs to WAV files. Then you encode the WAV
files to MP3 files. With the powerhouse products above, which
do both in one easy step, there's not much reason to use seperate
rippers and encoders, but some folks still like to do it that
way.
- CD-DA
X-TRACTOR A CD ripper for 32-bit
Windows platforms. It features intelligent jitter correction,
internet CDDB support, on-the-fly MP3 encoding via BladeEnc
or Lame_enc, and of course, it's 100% free!
- CDex
CDex is a utility of extraction (ripping) any
audio files from an audio CD. The files can be ripped in either
the plain WAV format or to a compressed file format (CDex supports
many encoders). In addition, it has many additional options
to convert between several audio file formats.
- CD
'GO! An MP3 Suite, consisting of
a Digital Audio Extractor, an Audio Compressor and a File Tagger.
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